public boolean createElection(Election e) throws RemoteException {

		try {


			Statement statement = connect.createStatement();
			ResultSet rs = statement.executeQuery("SELECT title FROM elections WHERE title= '"+ e.getTitle()+"'");


			if(!rs.next()) {



				Date start_election = e.getBegin();
				Date current_date = new Date();


				if (start_election.after(current_date) || start_election.equals(current_date)) {

					PreparedStatement preparedStatement = connect.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO elections " +
							" (title, description, date_begin, date_end, election_status) VALUES" +
							" (?,?,?,?,?)");
					System.out.println("title"+ e.getTitle());
					System.out.println("des"+ e.getDescription());

					preparedStatement.setString(1, e.getTitle());
					preparedStatement.setString(2, e.getDescription());
					preparedStatement.setDate(3, new java.sql.Date(e.getBegin().getTime()));
					preparedStatement.setDate(4, new java.sql.Date(e.getEnd().getTime()));

					preparedStatement.setInt(5,1);
					preparedStatement.executeUpdate();

					System.out.println("Election successfully created");
					return true;

				}else{

					PreparedStatement preparedStatement = connect.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO elections "+
							" (title, description, date_begin, date_end, election_status) VALUES" +
							" (?,?,?,?,?)");

					System.out.println("title"+ e.getTitle());
					System.out.println("des"+ e.getDescription());

					preparedStatement.setString(1, e.getTitle());
					preparedStatement.setString(2, e.getDescription());
					preparedStatement.setDate(3, new java.sql.Date(e.getBegin().getTime()));
					preparedStatement.setDate(4, new java.sql.Date(e.getEnd().getTime()));

					preparedStatement.setInt(5,0);
					preparedStatement.executeUpdate();
					System.out.println("The begin of the election is earlier than the current date");


					return false;

				}

			}

		} catch (SQLException e1) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e1.printStackTrace();
		}
		return false;
	}